World and Olympic records set at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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A number of new Olympic and World records were set in various events at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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Figure skating

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

EventDisciplineSkatersScoreDateRef
Pairs Short programFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  (CHN)76.6614 February 2010 [1]
Free skatingFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pang Qing / Tong Jian  (CHN)141.8115 February 2010 [2]
Total scoreFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  (CHN)216.5715 February 2010 [3]
Ladies Short programFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Yuna Kim  (KOR)78.5023 February 2010 [4]
Free skating150.0625 February 2010 [5]
Total score228.56 [6]

Short track speed skating

EventRoundTimeNameNationDateRecordRef
Men's 500 metres Quarterfinal40.770  Charles Hamelin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)February 25 OR
Men's 1000 metres Heats1:24.245  Sung Si-Bak Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)February 17 OR
Final A1:23.747  Lee Jung-Su Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)February 20 OR [7]
Men's 1500 metres Semifinals2:10.949  Lee Jung-Su Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)February 13 OR [8]
Women's 500 metres Heats43.926  Wang Meng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)February 13 OR
Quarterfinals43.834  Katherine Reutter Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)February OR
Semifinals42.985  Wang Meng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)February 17 OR [9]
Women's 1000 meters Heats1:30.508  Katherine Reutter Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)February 24 OR
Quarterfinals1:29.849  Zhou Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)February OR
Semifinals1:29.049  Zhou Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)February 25 OR, WR [10]
Women's 1500 metres Semifinals2:20.859  Park Seung-Hi Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)February 20 OR [11]
Final A2:16.993  Zhou Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)February 20 OR [11]
Women's 3000 metre relay Semifinals 4:08.797  Sun Linlin
Wang Meng
Zhang Hui
Zhou Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)February 24 OR
Final A 4:06.610  Sun Linlin
Wang Meng
Zhang Hui
Zhou Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)February 24 OR, WR [12]

OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Speed skating

EventDateRoundNameCountryTimeRecord
Men's 5000 metres February 13Pair 11 Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:14.60 OR
Men's 10000 metres February 23Pair 5 Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 12:58.55 OR
Men's team pursuit February 26Quarterfinal 1 Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.38 OR, TR
February 26Semifinal 1 Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.22 OR, TR
February 27Final B Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:39.95 OR, TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

World records set by date

DateEventAthleteNationRecord descriptionRef
24 February 2010 Short track speed skating – Women's 3000 metre relay Sun Linlin
Wang Meng
Zhang Hui
Zhou Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Set a time of 4:06.610 in Final A (gold medal race) [12]
24 February 2010 Short track speed skating – Women's 1000 metres Zhou Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Set a time of 1:29.049 in the semifinals [10]

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